Chapter 1

Upgrading NetApp Software and Firmware

What this guide contains

Upgrades supported

This guide contains information for upgrade releases of

• Data ONTAP^TM software, including the following diskette creation:
  • System Boot diskettes
  • Diagnostics diskette
• NetApp® system firmware

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  Note: Additional memory requirements: If you are installing Data ONTAP software on a system that has or will have more than 56 disk drives, you need to have 512 MB of main memory and 32 MB of NVRAM.

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Platforms supported

The following Network Appliance^TM filer models are supported for software and firmware upgrades:

• F210, F220, F230
• F330
• F520, F540
• F630
• F720, F740, F760

Upgrade locations

Upgrades of Data ONTAP and the system firmware are located in two areas:

• CD-ROM that came with your package
• NOW (NetApp On the Web) site (http://now.netapp.com/)

Upgrade requirements

To perform the upgrade, you must

• have access to either of the following clients, which must have write permission to the filer's root directory:
  • a PC running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 3.51, or Windows NT 4.0, and a CD-ROM drive (if upgrading from the CD-ROM that came with the upgrade package)
  • a UNIX workstation running SunOS 4.1.x, and a CD-ROM drive (if upgrading from the CD-ROM that came with the upgrade package)
• be able to log in to the filer as Administrator
• have access to the filer's system console (from, for example, a telnet session)

Where to go from here

The following table explains where to go in this guide for your particular upgrade needs.

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